Bourland in North Texas and Indian Territory During the Civil War: Fort Cobb, Fort Arbuckle & the Wichita Mountains
by Patricia Adkins-Rochette
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. . Seven Militia Brigades of 1861 North Texas All 33 Militia Brigades of 1861 Texas Six Militia Brigades of Mar 1864 My study encompasses seven militia brigades of the thirty-three organized from July 1861 until December 1861. This study of North Texas contains 240 militia listings of men from 34 counties of these 7 brigades plus the brigade correspondence of the 7 brigades, which contains references to Indian Territory. It should be noted that the objective was to enroll about 100 soldiers in each militia, but many captains fell short. (Volume II. Appendix has 300 pages transcribed from the original records of 34 counties).
7th Brigade: Bowie County, Davis County (now Cass County), and Marion County. 8th Brigade: Red River County and Titus County. 9th Brigade: Hopkins County and Lamar County. 14th Brigade: Fannin County and Hunt County. 15th Brigade: Collin County and Grayson County. 20th Brigade: Erath County, Johnson County (Hood County formed from in 1866), Palo Pinto County, Parker County, and Tarrant County. 21st Brigade: Archer County, Baylor County, Clay County, Cooke County, Denton County, Hardeman County, Haskell County, Jack County, Jones County, Knox County, Montague County, Shackelford County, Stephens County, Throckmorton County, Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Wise County, and Young County. . Alphabetical listing of the now 35 North Texas Counties: Archer, Baylor, Bowie, Cass (then Davis), Clay, Cooke, Collin, Davis (now Cass), Denton, Erath, Fannin, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Jack, Johnson (Hood formed 1866 from), Jones, Knox, Lamar, Marion, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Red River, Shackelford, Stephens, Tarrant, Titus, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Throckmorton, and Young Counties. 1864 Travis Co TX, Austin, Mar 1.....The Frontier Organization District.....Governor P. Murrah and D.B. Culberson, Adjt. & Inspector Gen., announces, in compliance with the provisions of an act of the Legislature, the establishment of The Frontier Organization, on Dec. 16, 1863, and the appointment of the following general officers, who will immediately assume command of their respective brigades. per ORsIv34/2[S#62]p1011. Brigade District No. 1, Brig-Gen. John S. "Rip" Ford Brigade District No. 2, Brig-Gen. John A. Griffith Brigade District No. 3, Brig-Gen. J.W. Throckmorton Brigade District No. 4, Brig-Gen. R.H. Cumby Brigade District No. 5, Brig-Gen. James W. Barnes Brigade District No. 6, Brig-Gen. J.D. McAdoo Editor’s note: These six Texas Districts of Brigades replaced the 33 militia brigade districts. Throckmorton’s battalion was joined by three organizations to made a defensive north and west line: 1) south of Camp Colorado [Coleman Co TX] by Captain H.S. Fossett’s two companies 2) between Camp Colorado to Fort Belknap on the northwest by Major Barry’s four-companies 3) from Red River to Fort Arbuckle by Bourland’s Border Regiment. . |
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Texas,
whole state in 1861Alphabetical by CountyCounty, Brigade Number (1 to 33) Anderson 11th Angelina 3rd Archer 21st Atascosa 31st Austin 23rd Bandera 31st Bastrop 26th Baylor 21st Bee 29th Bell 27th Bexar 30th Blanco 31st Bosque 28th Bowie 7th Brazoria 16th Brazos 18th Brown 28th Burleson 18th Burnet 27th Caldwell 25th Calhoun 24th Callahan 28th Cameron 32nd Cass 7th (Dec 1861-May 1871, called Davis County) Chambers 2nd Cherokee 10th Clay 21st Coleman 28th Collin 15th Colorado 22nd Comal 31st Comanche 28th Concho 31st Cooke 21st Coryell 28th Dallas 13th Davis 7th Dawson 31st Denton 21st DeWitt 24th Dimmit 29th Duval 32nd Eastland 28th Edwards 31st El Paso 33rd Ellis 19th Encinal 32nd (never organized, 1899 incorporated into Webb) Erath 20th Falls 28th Fannin 14th Fayette 22nd Fort Bend 16th Freestone 19th Frio 31st Galveston 1st Gillespie 31st Goliad 29th Gonzales 25th Grayson 15th Grimes 17th Guadalupe 25th Hamilton 28th Hardeman 21st Hardin 2nd Harris 16th Harrison 6th Haskell 21st Hays 26th Henderson 13th Hidalgo 32nd Hill 28th Hopkins 9th Houston 11th Hunt 14th Jack 21st Jackson 24th Jasper 2nd Jefferson 2nd Johnson 20th Jones 21st Karnes 29th Kaufman 13th Kerr 31st Kimble 31st Kinney 31st Knox 21st La Salle 29th Lamar 9th Lampasas 27th Lavaca 24th Leon 18th Liberty 2nd Limestone 19th Live Oak 29th Llano 31st Madison 18th Marion 7th Mason 31st Matagorda 22nd Maverick 31st McCulloch 31st McLennan 28th McMullen 29th Medina 31st Menard 31st Milam 27th Montague 21st Montgomery 17th Nacogdoches 3rd Navarro 19th Newton 2nd Nueces 29th Orange 2nd Palo Pinto 20th Panola 4th Parker 20th Polk 2nd Presidio 33rd Red River 8th Refugio 29th Robertson 18th Runnels 28th Rusk 5th Sabine 4th San Augustine 3rd San Patricio 29th San Saba 31st Shackelford 21st Shelby 4th Smith 12th Starr 32nd Stephens 21st Tarrant 20th Taylor 28th Titus 8th Travis 26th Throckmorton 21st Trinity 11th Tyler 2nd Upshur 6th Uvalde 31st Van Zandt 12th Victoria 24th Walker 17th Washington 23rd Webb 32nd Wharton 22nd Wichita 21st Wilbarger 21st Williamson 27th Wilson 30th Wise 21st Wood 12th Young 21st Zapata 32nd Zavala 31st
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Texas, whole state in 1861Numbered by BrigadesBrigade number (1 to 33), County 1st Galveston 2nd Newton 2nd Orange 2nd Liberty 2nd Polk 2nd Chambers 2nd Jefferson 2nd Tyler 2nd Jasper 2nd Hardin 3rd San Augustine 3rd Nacogdoches 3rd Angelina 4th Shelby 4th Panola 4th Sabine 5th Rusk 6th Upshur 6th Harrison 7th Marion 7th Bowie 7th Davis (Dec 1861-May 1871, called Cass before and after) 8th Titus 8th Red River 9th Lamar 9th Hopkins 10th Cherokee 11th Anderson 11th Trinity 11th Houston 12th Wood 12th Smith 12th Van Zandt 13th Henderson 13th Dallas 13th Kaufman 14th Fannin 14th Hunt 15th Collin 15th Grayson 16th Brazoria 16th Harris 16th Fort Bend 17th Montgomery 17th Grimes 17th Walker 18th Leon 18th Robertson 18th Madison 18th Burleson 18th Brazos 19th Navarro 19th Limestone 19th Ellis 19th Freestone 20th Johnson 20th Palo Pinto 20th Erath 20th Parker 20th Tarrant 21st Archer 21st Clay 21st Hardeman 21st Cooke 21st Baylor 21st Haskell 21st Denton 21st Jones 21st Montague 21st Knox 21st Wichita 21st Stephens 21st Shackelford 21st Jack 21st Wilbarger 21st Throckmorton 21st Young 21st Wise 22nd Matagorda 22nd Fayette 22nd Colorado 22nd Wharton 23rd Austin 23rd Washington 24th Victoria 24th Jackson 24th DeWitt 24th Lavaca 24th Calhoun 25th Gonzales 25th Guadalupe 25th Caldwell 26th Travis 26th Bastrop 26th Hays 27th Lampasas 27th Williamson 27th Burnet 27th Bell 27th Milam 28th Eastland 28th Hill 28th Hamilton 28th McLennan 28th Falls 28th Comanche 28th Runnels 28th Taylor 28th Coryell 28th Callahan 28th Bosque 28th Brown 28th Coleman 29th Goliad 29th Nueces 29th McMullen 29th San Patricio 29th Karnes 29th Refugio 29th Live Oak 29th Bee 29th La Salle 29th Dimmit 30th Wilson 30th Bexar 31st Medina 31st Comal 31st Concho 31st McCulloch 31st Menard 31st Maverick 31st Mason 31st Dawson 31st San Saba 31st Llano 31st Blanco 31st Edwards 31st Kerr 31st Kinney 31st Uvalde 31st Bandera 31st Zavala 31st Atascosa 31st Gillespie 31st Kimble 31st Frio 32nd Duval 32nd Starr 32nd Encinal (never organized, 1899 incorporated into Webb) 32nd Webb 32nd Cameron 32nd Hidalgo 32nd Zapata 33rd El Paso 33rd Presidio |
North Texas, 34 counties in 1861 Alphabetical by County Archer County Baylor County Bowie County Clay County Collin County Cooke County Davis County (now Cass County) Denton County Erath County Fannin County Grayson County Hardeman County Haskell County Hopkins County Hunt County Jack County Johnson County (Hood County formed in 1866 from) Jones County Knox County Lamar County Marion County Montague County Palo Pinto County Parker County Red River County Shackelford County Stephens County Tarrant County. Throckmorton County Titus County Wichita County Wilbarger County Wise County Young County
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